Un-official Missouri Valley Competition thread

[LA_Panther]

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3rd place feels so much better than last. Many teams would've thrown in the towel after going 0-5. Panthers = resilience

Drake has taken a turn for the worse. I was actually hoping they would avoid Thursday. They still can, but they're trending downward.

[UNI Ka-Bullseye]

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Did ISUr press late in the game? Gotta build that rpi.

Yep, got a turnover and basket off of it with about 4 minutes to go up 20+. After an ISU alley oop on the next possession a timeout was called and the scrubs came in.

[SteinPizza]

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Remember Reggie Lynch, who transferred from IL St. to Minnesota? Tonight against Iowa, he had 12 rebounds and 6 blocks. I know he's had other good games as well. Imagine IL St. this year if he had stayed.

[sevelev711]

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Remember Reggie Lynch, who transferred from IL St. to Minnesota? Tonight against Iowa, he had 12 rebounds and 6 blocks. I know he's had other good games as well. Imagine IL St. this year if he had stayed.

Dude had that sick afro, and I'm pretty sure he and Tuttle were about two hard fouls away from fighting at any given time? Glad to see he's doing well, glad-er to see that he's doing well and not playing for Illinois State.

[CincyPanther88]

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Evansville beats Loyola by two, putting us at a two-way tie for third, owning the tiebreaker over SIU. Seeding right now is

#1 ISUr (12-1)
#2 WSU (11-1)
#3 UNI (7-6)
#4 SIU (7-6)
#5 MSU (6-6)
#6 L-IL (6-7)
#7 DRKE (5-8)
#8 BRAD (4-9)
#9 EVIL (3-10)
#10 ISUb (3-10)

Unless Missouri State pulls off the upset of the century at Wichita State, that's set until Saturday.

So, D+ looks like they won't be playing on Thursday. Hard to believe considering what they looked like early in the season.

[achrist70]

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???? Looks like they will be to me, the 7th place team plays on Thursday

[CincyPanther88]

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???? Looks like they will be to me, the 7th place team plays on Thursday

My bad. I thought it was 9 and 10 who played on Thursday.

[panther-state]

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Based on how loyola looked at the beginning of the season, it's surprising to see them right on the cusp of a Drake Night invitation

[CincyPanther88]

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Based on how loyola looked at the beginning of the season, it's surprising to see them right on the cusp of a Drake Night invitation

The opposite is true for us.

[UNI Ka-Bullseye]

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Remember Reggie Lynch, who transferred from IL St. to Minnesota? Tonight against Iowa, he had 12 rebounds and 6 blocks. I know he's had other good games as well. Imagine IL St. this year if he had stayed.

Dude had that sick afro, and I'm pretty sure he and Tuttle were about two hard fouls away from fighting at any given time? Glad to see he's doing well, glad-er to see that he's doing well and not playing for Illinois State.

I thought this too. Hard to imagine they would have a better record than 12-1 in conference but they would definitely be a much scarier team and would be considered much more equal to WSU than they are perceived this year.

I liked the afro much better than whatever he has going on now.

He also fouled out in last night's game, also par for the course in his MVC days.

[SteinPizza]

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So, D+ looks like they won't be playing on Thursday. Hard to believe considering what they looked like early in the season.

I thought this too. Hard to imagine they would have a better record than 12-1 in conference but they would definitely be a much scarier team and would be considered much more equal to WSU than they are perceived this year.

I liked the afro much better than whatever he has going on now.

He also fouled out in last night's game, also par for the course in his MVC days.

Yes, it's hard to improve on 12-1. But, adding him back could have meant some real national pub as a contender for second weekend tourney play, upset alerts, etc. That kind of pub is very valuable to a mid major, to the conference, and indirectly to the other member schools. It's an eye test thing based on talent level, but like it or not that is important.

[sevelev711]

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Lol, E-ville just beat So Ill in Carbondale. So third place is ours to lose.

[BCPanther]

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Win tomorrow and we're two games clear of everybody else assuming Wichita beats Loyola...

[UNI Ka-Bullseye]

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Indiana State clobbered Drake also. The bottom of the conference is really trying to help us out by beating Drake and SIU - not that Drake was our biggest concern at this point. Let's make sure we do our part today.

[CHICATS]

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Realistically what are peoples opinions as far as postseason play this year? Obviously aside from an amazing run in the conference tournament. Are we safely in the CIT, or on the bubble for that even? Do we have a better shot because of our history than say other teams with similar records?